It's welcome news for the industry, which saw five consecutive years of sales declines in Minnesota.

The story doesn't mentionGenmar Holdings, the Minneapolis-based boat manufacturer that broke apart last year in bankruptcy. The company is still around;Irwin JacobsandJohn Paul DeJoriabought back a piece of it and relaunched a Hopkins-based company calledJ&D Holdings with a tighter focus and less overhead.You can read that story here.